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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS

@boddice.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 Historian of Emotions, Science, Medicine, Experience, Pain, Placebo/Nocebo. Global and longue duree, but esp Britain C18-20. Neuroscience meddler. Running; guitars; cricket. Montreal and Helsinki. www.robboddice.com

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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finally done and handed over at Reaktion. Out next year.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sept 30th is coming up. Send us your proposals!
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The cfp for next year's Society for the History of Emotions conference in Vienna closes in 2 weeks. See you there? societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
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SHE Conference 2027 – Society for the History of Emotions
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Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies @hcas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What is happiness, and should it be measured? HCAS fellows Acer Chang, Amanda Lagerkvist, @boddice.bsky.social, @satuv.bsky.social, and Kristina Jacobsen approach the World Happiness Report from different disciplinary perspectives in a new blog text. Read more: blogs.helsinki.fi/hcasblog/202...
Five scholars discussing on stage.
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HEXHandbook @hexhandbook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The cfp for next year's Society for the History of Emotions conference in Vienna closes in 2 weeks. See you there? societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
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ECHOES @echoes-she.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The cfp for next year's Society for the History of Emotions conference in Vienna closes in 2 weeks. See you there? societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
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SHE Conference 2027 – Society for the History of Emotions
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The cfp for next year's Society for the History of Emotions conference in Vienna closes in 2 weeks. See you there? societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
societyhistoryemotions.com
SHE Conference 2027 – Society for the History of Emotions
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HEXHandbook @hexhandbook.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New on the HEX Handbook, Saku Pihko et al., Experience and the Temporalities of Lived Religion sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...
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Experience and the Temporalities of Lived Religion | Digital Handbook of the History of Experience | Tampere Universities
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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Me, @boddice.bsky.social and @stephanietrigg.bsky.social talk to the ABC’s God Forbid show about the history of emotions. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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God Forbids The History of Emotion: Were feelings always felt this way? - ABC listen
If you hit your finger with a hammer, would you feel it the same way a medieval carpenter did, doing exactly the same thing?
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Talking History of emotions on Australian radio www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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God Forbids The History of Emotion: Were feelings always felt this way? - ABC listen
If you hit your finger with a hammer, would you feel it the same way a medieval carpenter did, doing exactly the same thing?
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
30% off 2nd edition of the History of Emotions with EVENT30 at the MUP website. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/06...
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SHS 2026 Reading List - Manchester University Press
To mark this year’s Society History Society Conference from 1 – 3 July 2026, we’ve put together a reading list of essential titles. If you’re attending SHS 2026 our Publishing Director, Emma Brennan a...
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Turkish readers, you can let me know if this makes any sense medyascope.tv/2026/06/22/t...
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Tarihçi Rob Boddice Medyascope'a konuştu: "Paylaşılan duygu, çaba gerektirmeli, kolay geliyorsa büyük olasılıkla yanlış yapıyorsunuzdur" - Medyascope
Tarihçi Rob Boddice, ağrının yalnızca fiziksel değil; kültürel, duygusal ve toplumsal boyutları olan öznel bir deneyim olduğunu savunuyor.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is an excellent defence of the humanities, and I don't say that just because I'm in it. youtu.be/QRN7LoQ-eKs?...
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New issue of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies on the history of emotions. Open access. journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
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Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2026): Emotions Meet History. Neue Perspektiven in der Gefühlsgeschichte | Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Professional athletes don't drink alcohol. These are overpaid amateurs. www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
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Ben Stokes: England cricket may consider alcohol ban after nightclub incident, says Rob Key
Director of cricket Rob Key is considering imposing an alcohol ban on the England team and has given no assurances Ben Stokes will remain Test captain.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New issue of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies on the history of emotions. Open access. journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
journals.univie.ac.at
Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2026): Emotions Meet History. Neue Perspektiven in der Gefühlsgeschichte | Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Just a reminder, emotions historians take note. Please continue to circulate the cfp.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New Element for sensory studies, human-animal relations, and urban history. Kelvin Low on Sensory Contact Zones in the City www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Sensory Contact Zones in the City
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Sensory Contact Zones in the City
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
History of emotions, auf Deutsch www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
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Emotionsgeschichte • Z+ Empfehlung: Warum haben Menschen im Mittelalter anders gefühlt?
Früher empfand man nicht die gleichen Emotionen wie heute, sagt der Historiker Rob Boddice. Welche dann? Wir haben ein fiktives Leben im Mittelalter mit ihm angeschaut.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Post doc opportunity to work at the excellence centre on history of everyday nationalism in Tampere, Finland tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Who wouldn't want to come to Vienna in June?
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
SHE 2027. Vienna. CFP. Emotions in Adversity.
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ECHOES @echoes-she.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
CFP. The Society for the History of Emotions biennial conference. June 2-4, 2027. Vienna. Emotions in Adversity. societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
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ECHOES @echoes-she.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The ECHOES network is going live.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
SHE 2027. Vienna. CFP. Emotions in Adversity.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Histoire des émotions dans Le Devoir www.ledevoir.com/lire/971111/...
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Rob Boddice, historien des émotions
Rob Boddice construit à Montréal depuis des décennies une histoire des émotions.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
History of emotions in History Today
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How Can We Write the History of Emotions?
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
talked to Aussie radio about the history of emotions the other day. Podcast here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Have human emotions changed through history? - ABC listen
Have you ever wondered what your ancestors were feeling decades or centuries ago? Rob Boddice is an historian who argues that differences in our contexts and world-views would make our emotional exper...
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HEXHandbook @hexhandbook.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New at HEX Handbook: Anna Derksen on medicine and experience sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...
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Medicine and Experience | Digital Handbook of the History of Experience | Tampere Universities
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Excellent review by Ray Tallis, of a book by Mark Solms, in defence of Freud and the essence of psychoanalysis. Imao this is a model book review: fair, nuanced, and Tallis doesn’t just read the book, he checks the references. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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The Only Cure by Mark Solms review – has modern neuroscience proved Freud right?
An expert in both disciplines makes a bold attempt to convince sceptics, and partially succeeds
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Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
NEWS 📣 The CUP Element @draflint.bsky.social & I wrote on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain: A Sensory and Emotional History' has been published & free to download here. Thanks to editorial team incl @boddice.bsky.social, reviewers and all who commented on WIP 🙏 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
40% off @manchesterup.bsky.social till the end of January with code JAN40. 2nd edition of The History of Emotions is in the sale. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171177/
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Manchester University Press - The history of emotions
The history of emotions - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The history of emotions by Rob Boddice
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
On this episode of BBC radio 4's "Child" I spoke about the risks of emotional colonialism and the in-your-face approach to emotional recognition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
That's me in the corner...
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Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This one started for me with an almost childish question: Can we take it for granted that people in the past experienced reality the same way we do? It turns out a whole field of study and an important scholar were asking the same...down into this fascinating rabbit hole I went.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
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A Conversation with Rob Boddice
YouTube video by Herkes İçin Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
youtube.com
A Conversation with Rob Boddice
YouTube video by Herkes İçin Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Ready for Spanish readers, to be launched in Mexico City at the SHE conference/Listo para los lectores españoles, se lanzará en la Ciudad de México en la conferencia SHE
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Ready for Spanish readers, to be launched in Mexico City at the SHE conference/Listo para los lectores españoles, se lanzará en la Ciudad de México en la conferencia SHE
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Turkish readers, this is published today! I haven't seen it yet. If anyone else has, let me know how it looks. www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/acinin...
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Acının Tarihi: Duyum, Duygu ve Deneyim
Acının Tarihi: Duyum Duygu ve Deneyim - AYRINTI YAYINLARI - Rob Boddice - Ağrı hakkındaki bilgimiz nasıl üretilir geliştirilir ve yayılır? Tı
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s... the only write-up required. The whole thing was insufferable.
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US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all-caps America | Bryan Armen Graham
European players were subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families. They were no surprise as public discourse in America has broken down
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I missed this! This means a lot more to me than most academic reviews. Knowing Pain reviewed by Lynn Loheide www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sioe... @politybooks.bsky.social
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Book Review | Knowing Pain
YouTube video by Lynn Loheide
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Tylenol thing is just another way to put women and children at risk and to underrate pain. These guys are essentially "let the weak go to the wall" pseudo social Darwinists. It was stupid when Wallace did it and it is evil now.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
since it's 25C in Berlin and I have covid, I'm kind of celebrating not getting a place via the marathon lottery
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
looking up Andrea Železna, javelin thrower, to see if she is related to Jan Železny and finding that yes, she is, but not in the way I'd expected
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dose no. 8. The "mysterious" bug going around really ain't a mystery.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It's been a useless site for ages anyway. Deleted.
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social
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Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War
This article probes the potential of emotional and experiential histories of education. London children’s school essays on their experiences in the First World War, their stories, their dreams and ...
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